The ignorant ever shun and dread the gifted and enlightened. Francis Alexander Durivage More Quotes by Francis Alexander Durivage More Quotes From Francis Alexander Durivage If you tell a woman she is beautiful, whisper it softly, for if the devil hears, he will echo it many times. Francis Alexander Durivage echoes devil beautiful How much of love lies buried in dusty graves! Francis Alexander Durivage graves death lying The highest art is artlessness. Francis Alexander Durivage art-is highest art Real merit requires as much labor, to be placed in a true light, as humbug to be elevated to an unworthy eminence; only the success of the false is temporary, that of the true, immortal. Francis Alexander Durivage merit light real There are some professed Christians who would gladly burn their enemies, but yet who forgive them merely because it is heaping coals of fire on their heads. Francis Alexander Durivage revenge fire christian The diamond of character is revealed by the concussion of misfortune, as the splendor of the precious jewel of the mine is developed by the blows of the lapidary. Francis Alexander Durivage jewels blow character To write for a living, according to Mr. Whipple, is coquetting with starvation. Francis Alexander Durivage starvation writing
